a national transaction application that has to dip into numerous other federal data sources

This statement alone is scarier, than whatever was leaked by Mr. Snowden. Surprisingly, the President's cheerleaders — normally so suspect of government's invasions into our privacy — ignore this implication.

It needs to verify you are who you say you are, that you are eligible under the law for various subsidies, that you are covered by the regs. For this I believe it has to dip into social security and IRS databases.

Drag your eyes to the right and note that there is a separate product/service and award date. The nature of gov contracting means there is likely a base contract, and when a new job comes up (e.g. healthcare.gov) they mod the contract and issue a new award. These are 114 separate scopes of work, separate projects. ~113 of which have nothing to do with healthcare.gov.

I am a federal and state gov IT contractor. I am well versed in the idiosyncratic nature of implementing systems for bureaucratic applications designed by committee. I still don't doubt it could have been done for less, but I doubt it could have been done for the amounts many of the folks here think they could do it for.

That figure covers 114 separate contracts (see http://usaspending.gov/explore?tab=By+Prime+Awardee&fiscal_year=all&idvpiid=HHSM500200700015I&typeofview=transactions )
Not to suggest that it still wasn't overly expensive, but consider the fact that the system is a national transaction application that has to dip into numerous other federal data sources - and has a mission criticality above and beyond facebook. Still, many of us could have done it better and cheaper, but then again very few of us would actually enjoy working for the federal government and conducting our business the way any federal contractor is required to.

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble, but I just simulated an attack of far greater proportions. First, I simulated having the resources to simulate an attack of far greater proportions, then I simulated executing my far greater attack. If anyone is interested, the results showed that while I was adequately prepared to defend against a simulation, I need to beef up some protocols and institute some new processes.

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ScuttleMonkeyon Monday January 04, 2010 @03:11PM
from the pricepoint-better-be-right dept.

Arvisp writes "According to a blog post by former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee, Apple plans to produce nearly 10 million tablets in the still-unannounced product's first year. If Lee's blog post is to be believed, Apple plans to sell nearly twice as many tablets as it did iPhones in the product's first year."

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CmdrTacoon Monday January 04, 2010 @11:56AM
from the take-backsies-are-hard dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems as if the MySQL author is trying hard to win back control over MySQL. In his blog he calls upon the MySQL users to 'Help keep the Internet free' by signing his petition. He fears that if Oracle buys Sun they automatically get MySQL which would spell doom for the project. But I have have mixed feelings with this call for help, because after all — who sold MySQL in the first place?"

We're going to have these shared spaces where 2D and 3D people can interact. All of this will come out in phases, with staged gameplay coming out. We're sort of blazing a path with this concept, and we're really interested in what this might mean for players of the two versions.

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CmdrTacoon Saturday April 01, 2006 @03:28PM
from the almost-as-cute-as-ponies-lol dept.

Buttons98 writes "Yeah sushi is TOTALLY GROSS but I found
USB SUSHI DRIVES!!!
that are memory storage sticks that I can use to store pictures of ponies and kittens and
unicorns and all my short OC fan fiction (ryan is SOOOOOOO CUTE LOL!!!) The BEST part is that the drives are
available in 32MB, 128MB :) :) :) and are shaped like little SUSHIS!!"